Virginia Cavaliers 65, Notre Dame Fighting Irish 69 (College Basketball Live Updates)

Live analysis and score updates for the Virginia Cavaliers (12-8, 6-4 ACC) vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13-6, 6-2 ACC) men's basketball game on Saturday night at Purcell Pavilion in Notre Dame, Indiana.

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Final. Virginia 65, Notre Dame 69

Goodwin makes the second free throw to extend the lead to five, but Kihei Clark drains a deep three to make it 67-65. UVA fouls Prentiss Hubb with 4.2 seconds remaining. Hubb swishes both free throws to ice the game. Armaan Franklin's inconsequential three-point attempt misses and time expires. Virginia's late rally comes up just short and Notre Dame hangs on to win 69-65.

Virginia 62, Notre Dame 66 | 11.0 remaining

The refs confirm the call and Virginia gets the ball. Kihei Clark knocks down a floater to bring the Cavaliers to within four. Virginia then fouls Blake Wesley, who makes one of two at the line. Reece Beekman drives to the basket and slams it home with two hands. Notre Dame has trouble inbounding the ball again, but Cormac Ryan chucks the ball down the floor and Dane Goodwin is fouled by Kody Stattmann. Goodwin sinks the first free throw and Tony Bennett calls his last timeout.

Virginia 58, Notre Dame 64 | 28.9 remaining

Virginia fouls Blake Wesley, who makes both free throws to put Notre Dame up by eight. Kihei Clark drives inside for a layup to make it 64-58 with just under 30 seconds remaining. Reece Beekman pokes away the ensuing Irish in-bounds pass, then Notre Dame struggles to get the ball in and is forced to call timeout. On the next attempt to get the ball in bounds, the ball appears to go out of bounds off of the hand of Nate Laszewski. The refs call it Virginia ball on the floor but they are reviewing it.

Virginia 56, Notre Dame 62 | 0:38 2H

Virginia goes to a full-court press and Francisco Caffaro intercepts Goodwin's long pass. Clark is fouled driving to the basket and goes one of two from the free throw line.

Virginia 55, Notre Dame 62 | 0:56 2H

Dane Goodwin misses a three and Virginia comes down the floor with a chance to cut the deficit to just one possession, but Francisco Caffaro is called for a moving screen, as Kihei Clark left before Caffaro got there. Then, Goodwin knocks down a three from the right wing. Armaan Franklin curls off of a screen and sinks a mid-range jumper, but UVA trails by seven with 56 seconds remaining.

Virginia 53, Notre Dame 59 | 2:44 2H

Reece Beekman swats Notre Dame's layup attempt out of bounds and it results in a shot clock violation as the Irish are unable to get a shot up on the ensuing in-bounds play. Caffaro shows some nice touch on a right hook in the paint. Kihei Clark drives baseline and finds Jayden Gardner for an easy mid-range jump shot. Nate Laszewski gets great inside leverage and catches a lob for an easy layup. Reece Beekman cuts backdoor for a slam dunk. Virginia gets a second dunk in a row as Francisco Caffaro pokes the ball away and finishes with a powerful two-hand slam on the other end. Virginia draws to within four points, but Paul Atkinson Jr. scores an important basket in the paint to put the Irish back up by six with less than three minutes to play.

Virginia 45, Notre Dame 55 | 7:50 2H

Clark is fouled on a driving layup, but he misses both free throws. Clark then comes up with a steal and draws another foul as he took it straight to the hoop in transition. This time, he makes both free throws to get UVA back to within seven. Nate Laszewski is left open in the corner and he sinks the easy three-pointer to put Notre Dame back up by ten.

Virginia 43, Notre Dame 52 | 9:09 2H

Kody Stattmann loses Dane Goodwin, who splashes another open corner three to put the Fighting Irish up by 15. Jayden Gardner sinks a baseline jumper. Virginia gets a stop and then Gardner gets inside for an easy layup. Gardner is singlehandedly keeping UVA in the game right now. He has 20 points to lead the Cavaliers. After another UVA stop, Caffaro uses a sweet drop-step move and spins into a baseline layup.

Virginia 37, Notre Dame 49 | 11:58 2H

Laszewski is fouled going up for a layup by Gardner and Laszewski goes one of two at the line. Gardner is then called for an offensive foul on UVA's next possession, his third personal foul of the game. Prentiss Hubb kicks out to a wide open Dane Goodwin, who drains the corner three and puts Notre Dame up by 12 points. Virginia has gotten burned a few times in the second half leaving Notre Dame's best three-point shooters open.

Virginia 37, Notre Dame 45 | 13:59

Armaan Franklin's layup attempt rolls off the front of the iron and Francisco Caffaro fouls Wesley on the other end and Wesley goes one of two from the line. Gardner gets the ball after setting a screen and muscles inside for a right-handed layup. Gardner then leaves Laszewski alone for a moment at the top of the key and he drains the three to put Notre Dame up by 10, the largest lead of the game for the Irish. Francisco Caffaro makes a hook shot on the other end and Tony Bennett calls timeout.

Virginia 33, Notre Dame 41 | 16:00 2H

Reece Beekman works inside for a layup on Virginia's first possession of the second half. Laszewski, 4th in the ACC in three-point shooting, makes his first three-pointer of the game. Kihei Clark penetrates the Notre Dame zone defense and knocks down a mid-range jumper. Virginia turns the ball over and Dane Goodwin finishes with a reverse layup in transition. Gardner sinks a mid-range jump shot, but Prentiss Hubb curls inside for an easy runner on the other end.

Halftime. Virginia 27, Notre Dame 34

Francisco Caffaro misses a right hook and Notre Dame will hold for the last shot. Dane Goodwin somehow gets free for an open corner three, but the Cavaliers catch a break as Goodwin misses it and the deficit stays at just seven points heading into halftime.

Virginia 27, Notre Dame 34 | 0:54 1H

After review, the refs reverse the offensive foul call and call a cylinder foul on Franklin. Notre Dame is in the bonus but Goodwin short-arms the front end of the one-and-one. Gardner pump fakes and gets Atkinson Jr. in the air. drawing a foul in the process as Atkinson Jr. landed on him. Gardner makes both free throws. Atkinson Jr. responds by slipping a screen and getting loose for an easy layup. Gardner knocks down a jumper, but Atkinson Jr. slams down a powerful two-hand jam on the other end for Notre Dame. The Irish take the ball in transition off of a Franklin missed three and Cormac Ryan streaks down the court for a fast break layup. Gardner scores again down low and he has each of the last 10 points for Virginia. Shedrick fouls Atkinson Jr. in the post and he makes the hook shot for his 12th point of the first half. Atkinson Jr. misses the free throw.

Virginia 21, Notre Dame 26 | 4:20 1H

Caffaro is discarded to the baseline on defense, leaving UVA in a 4-on-5 situation and Dane Goodwin is left wide open at the top of the key. It's a practice three for the ACC's leader in three-point shooting and he drains it. Jayden Gardner's jumper bounces high off the rim but comes down inside the cylinder to end a 4+ minute UVA scoring drought. Armaan Franklin catches an elbow from Dane Goodwin and the officials go to the monitor to review the play.

Virginia 19, Notre Dame 23 | 6:41 1H

Kadin Shedrick collects Gardner's missed fadeaway and somehow gets the putback to spin into the basket off the right side of the rim. Shedrick comes up with Virginia's 8th offensive rebound, leading to a wide open Reece Beekman three-pointer. The Cavaliers have 12 second chance points in the game already. Jayden Gardner gets the ball in the low post and spins into a righty layup, capping off a 7-0 Virginia run to tie the game at 19-19. Paul Atkinson Jr. works against Shedrick in the post and banks in the right hook to end a scoring drought of over four minutes for the Irish. Atkinson Jr. gets his second basket in a row, as he slides past Gardner for the reverse layup to put Notre Dame back up by four.

Virginia 12, Notre Dame 19 | 11:40 1H

Wesley draws a foul on Kihei Clark on a jumper and makes both free throws to give the Irish their first lead of the game. UVA runs a high-low to break the Notre Dame zone, as Jayden Gardner feeds Francisco Caffaro, who is fouled trying to finish the lob. Caffaro goes one of two from the free throw line. Nate Laszewski gets a great entry pass from Paul Atkinson Jr. and finishes the layup plus the foul on Gardner, but Laszewski misses the free throw.

After yet another UVA offensive rebound, Armaan Franklin drains a catch-and-shoot three-pointer from the left wing. Atkinson Jr. fakes a handoff and gets inside for a layup. Wesley penetrates and kicks to Prentiss Hubb, who drains the three from the right wing to put Notre Dame up by five. Francisco Caffaro works inside and gets a fading right hook to fall. Wesley draws another foul, this time on Beekman, and makes both free throws and the Notre Dame freshman now has 10 early points for the Irish. Kadin Shedrick skies for another UVA offensive rebound, but Kihei Clark turns it over on the in-bounds pass. Laszewski is fouled and makes free throws to extend the Notre Dame lead to seven.

Virginia 6, Notre Dame 6 | 15:40 1H

Kihei Clark's three-pointer on the first possession of the game misses but Jayden Gardner snatches the offensive rebound and lays it in. After a Nate Laszewski missed three-pointer, Reece Beekman knifes to the basket and draws a foul, making both free throws. Blake Wesley pulls up from three with Beekman's hand in his face and drains it for Notre Dame's first points of the game. Notre Dame goes to a zone defense early in the game. UVA grabs multiple offensive rebounds, leading to a driving layup for Beekman. Blake Wesley drains his second three-pointer of the game to tie the game at six.

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